death is death even though not all death is the same as the space between one death and the next lies a heart that has been broken and mended and then put back together and then shattered again and now that heart exists in many spaces and with many people and with many memories and …
the Amazon is burning at a record rate, glaciers are melting at record rates, kids are dying at borders at record rates, overdoses are killing at record rates, facism is increasing at record rates, andpopulist candidates are winning at record rates when will peace see record rateswhen will love set a record ratewhen will awareness set a record rate …
Love. My choice. My feeling. My MO My change My life Love has caused me to make choices I would not have made have feelings I have never felt Operate outside of well established directions Freeze and thaw And it is all that brings meaning to each breath and …
[Picture is one I took in Iceland, it was an unforgettable moment of gratitude and awe that has never left.] Each morning the sun rises We are overwhelmed with what lies ahead We are anxious about what’s left to be done We are feeling inadequate to all of what life brings The hours bleed into …
Tonight we are here and we are uneasy. We are sad. We mourn the condition of the world. I wrote this prayer with a heavy heart and longing to comfort and show compassion to those with the burden of unbearable pain because of the Orlando shooting and read this at the vigil in Sarnia, Ontario. …
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We ran a small conference on the weekend as a response to the Act Like Men conference this coming weekend. The group of 200 of us prayed this together to end. You can listen to all the talks here. Look at your people We came here Gathered Sang Watched Listened Found Joy Got Angry Discovered …
God Loss isn’t something we like facing into. It’s not something we plan for It’s not something we we want in our future It’s not something we can control or fit into our plans Yet it’s not our plans we are fitting anything into It’s yours Your mysterious, good and all-powerful plan We all scramble …
God of heaven and earth. God who sees us. God who hears our cry. We thank-you for creating us and creating this world. We know you are not done, and that this world is far from the good that you intended. Thank-you for being a God who does not give up and who pursues his …
Remind us of our smallness Remind us that you are still working, even when we can’t see Remind us that the kingdom exists all around us Remind us that hope is found buried and covered in dirt Transform our desires away from the big and loud Point them to the small and insignificant Remove our …
God, we know that we don’t have what it takes We know that we are fallen, sinful people We know that even in our best moments we fail to meet your demands So teach us more about your grace Remind us again of what is at stake Take our lives and accept our death It …